Stories of the South S1 EP4 | Bounty Hunter

By eyrewoolf

Eyrewoolf is thrilled to be featured in @southaustralia S1 EP4 of Stories of the South | Bounty Hunter.

It is a privilege to have the opportunity to showcase our unique occupation and the sustainable fishing

practices of the South Australian abalone industry. Featured is our family island the pristine Flinders

Island SA and the Eyre Peninsula coastline where we work and play. We hope you enjoy this snippet of

our lifestyle..

Thanks to the team at @southaustralia for the words and filming.

“Every winter swell that blows into the Eyre Peninsula brings a

fervour for the pursuit of a prized but perilous bounty. For abalone

diving duo Tobin and Jonas Woolford (of @eyrewoolfabalone), their

valiant day job of harvesting wild caught abalone is built on an

unbreakable bond of trust. It’s a dangerous profession, but for these

experienced ocean men, they have pushed the limits of their physicality

diving to the sea floor for eight hours a day for the last 24 years. The

brothers’ childhood home was #FlindersIsland – an eleven kilometre

long by five kilometre wide private island 17 nautical miles off the coast

of the @eyrepeninsula. With a kitchen sink window overlooking the

Southern Ocean, a grassy airplane landing strip just beyond the back door and school lessons over the wireless,

these brothers were destined for an adventurous future”.

By eyrewoolf

Eyrewoolf Abalone